OVAA legendary courier-for-hire also known as "Roadbuster,” Bean Bandit can deliver anything and everything anywhere, but only at a high price. He won't tolerate anyone standing in his way or betraying him, and when faced with such a challenge he removes them with his strength and muscles.
MOVIEThere's something very wrong with the apartment that young university student Rin has rented, and it's more than just the terrible condition that it's in. There's something grim and foreboding about the place… an omnipresent atmosphere of dread that makes Rin feel as though she's constantly being watched by a thousand unblinking eyes. And the surrounding area isn't any better. Between sinister street people on strange missions, bizarre cults and rumors of a serial killer, it might seem that staying locked in behind closed doors would be the safest thing to do. But what if the real danger is already inside? There's no escape for Rin or her secrets now, and the only thing more terrifying than the horrific events that take place in her apartment are the nightmarish entities that conduct them! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
SPECIALA man wanders into a liquor store and sees a familiar shouchuu glass. Memories of his childhood home, his father, and a certain shouchuu glass his father used to call 'a shrine to the potato god' comes flooding back. Commercial made for Satsuma Shiranami brand sweet potato shouchuu.
MOVIEThe description of Suwami Nogami's minimalistic line drawing piece, Imagination Practice, calls it an unending "thought loop". It depicts an artist sitting in front of a window with a self-portrait, like a miniature mirror image, on the desk in front of him. The window frame and the blue sky filled with moving clouds are in colour, but the figure of the artist is not coloured in. The soundtrack sounds like a skipping record that is punctuated by humourous springing noises (a la Bugs Bunny) as the image 'bounces' in an unending loop from the establishing shot into the "drawing." A philosophical piece, Imagination Practice considers the circular dialogue between an artist and his work. (Source: Midnight Eye)
SPECIALTezuka Osamu planned to make an animated version, but the project was always called off. This work was to make his dream come true at last, but he was unfortunately struck by an illness and died when he was working on the synopsis. This was one of his unfinished works. It was aired during NHK's "Tezuka Osamu, Seikimatsu e no Message" (手塚治虫・世紀末へのメッセージ) program. (Source: AniDB)
MUSICA musical anime promoting motivation for LGBT teens. The focus of the short is on a young man and his struggling affection towards his male classmates.
ONAA Kino Tokyo Tree Products information video and mission statement hosted on their official youtube channel. After WW2 many trees were taken from Tokyo's mountains to rebuild towns. New trees were replanted densely but in the 70 years it takes time for them to mature, foreign markets have brought imported trees to Japan. Now Tokyo's mountains are suffering due to unused mature lumber far too dense to support the original ecosystem of the mountains. Kino Tokyo Tree Products offers woods products, gifts, and crafts that embody traditional Japanese culture as well as responsible harvesting of the Tokyo mountain lumber.
MOVIESpring, the fox is in the middle of a party. Workers' family of raccoon dogs reveal their field work during the hot summer and harvest autumn. A fox who stupidly hunts the Raccoon dumplings carrying the harvest with perspiration, before the raccoon dog wears it, takes away the food of the rabbit. A cold winter comes. The Raccoon family is having a good time around the hearth, but the fox is troubled with food and wandering in the snow. The fox intends a collective battle, raises a fire from the fire, causes a fire, and tries to rob the storage of the raccoon warehouse. A raccoon dog that turns into a truck and turns a fox that escaped a storage, turns it into a rainbow and chases it. The fight between the fox and the raccoon dog begins with a transformation. The family supports the raccoon guns that are struggling as one wing, and finally fights the fox. (Source : Japanese Animated Film Classics)
MOVIEA man walks. His form wobbles precariously. The world is hard to tell subjective or objective. His body is cut in pieces. Only the power of image can make these unite. 1st year work 2013 by Takashi Shibuya, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEA wartime propaganda animation which is somewhat educational. It depicts American bombings in Japan and reminds people to get to shelters. Another portion portrays Japanese planes shooting down incoming American aircraft during an air raid. The anime also encourages citizens to pitch in and put out fires caused by falling bombs. (Source: simkl)
MUSICThe final nine measures of the first ballet, labelled "Le son de la clochette auquel Circé sortit de son jardin" (the sound of the bell at which Circe leaves her garden), contain a tune that forms the basis of a nineteenth-century arrangement by Henry Ghys, which the latter mistakenly attributed to the air "Amaryllis" composed by Louis XIII. In Japan, this arrangement was given Japanese lyrics and introduced as "Amaryllis" on NHK's Minna no Uta series in 1968. The tune has since become well known as a French folk song there and its melody can be heard today as a chime signaling the hour over the PA systems of some schools and rural municipalities. (Source: alchetron.com)
TVThere is a mysterious Nana Moon in the universe with lovely little moonies as residents. One day, a girl named Coco from the Earth suddenly appeared, which reminded the moonies of an old saying that whenever a catastrophe would happen, a human with magic power will surely come from the Earth to help them discover 7 treasures to rescue Nana Moon. (Source: Official Youtube)
MOVIEFor friendship it is the most important to be cooperative. 1st year work 2015 by Iku Ogawa, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation (Source: Geidai Animation)
ONATo Kirino High, the goal of getting into Koshien Stadium becomes important because the 100th anniversary is around the corner. However, Kurokan's unique way of training has upset the Kirino High Baseball Team Support Association and Alumni Club. Morioka, on the other hand, is a preferrable coach beacuse of his solid style. At the same time, Kurokan's decision on player positions has caused confusions to the team. (Source: Crunchyroll)
TVGo for Speed is a Chinese anime about Mini 4wds. It was produced by Nanjing Hongying Animation Entertainment Co. Ltd and first aired in China in 2009. (Source: Go For Speed Wiki)
MOVIEDepiction of an incident that happened one night in as everyone returns to their hometown for the holidays, told from a child's point of view. 1st Year Work 2011 by Senri Iida, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEThere is an elderly woman who has run a store in a Japanese town for sixty years. She marries into the Imamura Store and cares for the shop by herself, as she lived each day as the present. 1st Year Work 2011 by Aya Tsugehata, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
ONAA little girl brings home a plant of cherry tomato which she raised with plenty of love. Will the happy days of the girl and cherry tomatoes begin? A short independent animation from April 2015. It was the debut work from Shiori Mizutani. (Source: Shiori Mizutani)
TV SHORTYoshika Miyafuji joins the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, a defense unit specializing in taking down alien beings known as the Neuroi. However, in days of no invasion, she and the members of the unit are taking down day to day tasks like cooking and laundry.
MOVIEA young man is drawing sketches of birds in the woods. The spotted pattern of the bird's wings begins to scatter. He gradually becomes mesmerized by the pattern… 1st Year Work 2011 by Yuanyuan Hu, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIE2112; the summer before Akane Tsunemori was assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Teppei Sugo, an accomplished pilot of the Defense Force's 15th Joint Task Force, joins the military operation in Okinawa. Three months later, an unmanned combat drone opens fire on the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo. Enforcer Tomomi Masaoka of CID Division One is dispatched to Sugo's military base to investigate the truth behind this case. (Source: Official Website, translated by Edo)
TV SHORTEager to explore the world above, Red & Yellow squat in an old house stuck between high-rise buildings in the big city. Exploring their new home and meeting new creatures means more laughs for the comic duo. (Source: Official Website)
